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KING'S . PRINCESS

TO-DAY

RECOMMENDED

FOR OUR ADULT PATRONAGE

AND

THE MORE INFORMED

TEENAGERS!

JOAN CRAWFORD ROSSANO BRAZZI

THE, DAMU ZAINERE

THE STORY OF

ESTHER COSTELLO:

¿nīmi Golten Vorm,

WILL MOT OFFEND.

ANELMOTIONALLY MATURE

(PEPSON OF LATHIER SEX

IMPORTANT!

Pienie don't lali whal

happens to the girl! -

mich

LOE FITTERSON RON RANDEU- · DENIS OIDEA

AND HEATHER SEARS

SCHUKIZI RADTIRÁN Írom the evel "The Bay of Father Costolly"

By MEHTA MONCALPAT » Dwected by BAND SOLLEN

EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW

At 11.00 a.m.

"TOM & JERRY" M-G-M

TECHNICOLOR cartoONS

Variety Programme

Admission: $1.00, $1.50

PRINCESS

SPECIAL MATINEE

TO-MORROW AT 12.30 P.M.

Warner Bros. presont

Burt Lancastor & Virginia Mayo in

"THE FLAME AND THE ARROW"

in Tochnicolor

Admission: $1.00. $1.50

AIR ACONDITIONED

STAR

METROPOLE

★FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY ★ AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

The

It's Real!

It's Alive!

MONSTER

That Challenged

The World"

Rotenbed Thre

UNITED ARTISTS

-

A NEW KIND

Of

TERROR

Starring Tim Holt Audrey Dalton

★ OPENING TO-MORROW ★

SHE STUNS THE SCREEN

WITH A NEW DRAMATIC FIRE!

BENTYNUTION

JANA ANDREWS

REPRING

Reload thru United Arli

BOOKINGS NOW OPEN!

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW

STAR: At 11.00 a.m. FOX TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

METROPOLE: At 11.00 a.m. FOX CINEMASCOPE TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

At Reduced Prices

STAR: At 12.30 p.m. Sophia LOREN Lols MAXWELL

In

"A 1 D Á"

-A Fox Picture

METROPOLE: At 12.30 p.m. 20th Century-Fox presents In CinemaScope & Color "ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE" Storring: Gúy MADISON

Virginia LEITH At Heduced Prices -

ORIENTAL MAJESTIC

NIK

CONDITIONED

SHOWING TO-DAY

AI 2.30, 0.30, 7.30 & 9,30 pax.

Is there a way back

for the wozian who

has comáinitiéd

"THE SEVENTHI

- SIN"

ELLANIR PARKER

BLA TRAYERS:

SEBAGE SANDERÍ

JEAN PIENE AUT

THE 10TH DAY! At 2.30, 5.20; 7,30 &

9.30 p.m.

PAT

BOONE SHIRLEY

JONES

April Love

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1958.

FILMS

CURRENT & COMING by ANTHONY FULLER ANTHONY

66HE Story of Eathority in Esther's affiction, and this "heart-throb saga" as licity boys who can intro-

HE

mean

dollars.

begins the huge publicity cam that reups Н milllon paln

Without reservation, Facclaim "The Story of Esther Costello" one of the great films of flue year; a film that should be seen by every thinking person.

THE

Costello," now show ing at the King's and Prin- cess is too well known to even require comument in these columns. In setting out to write his book, Nicholas Monsarrat, went back to the old style of British novelists; I he employed the double THE March Ilare" is a pleasing film with a theme. As a consequence, "The Story of Esther Cos- plot well known to British bello" is not only a rattling film goers. Take one wastrel good story, it is also a Irish lord as handsome os powerful expone of those the devil, give him a love for monsters who horses and gambling, per- sub-human commercialise the misfor- mit him to lose the family tune of their fellow crea- estate on a horse's nose; then tures in the

of rescue him with the aid of an American heiress. And there you have it, a plot as old an Killarney.

charity,

name

Now comes the question. Is the film better than the book? For the first time I can remem- ber I give it as my opinion that the Aim is better than the book, and I think the problem is worked out in a better way. A trifte dramatic, but by no means beyond the bounds of pinuibil- ily.

The film is notable for two outstanding screen perform- antes.

First, the comeback of Joan Crawford. She plays the

role of the American

womnit

who takes charge of Esther when the latter shared, the hovel of the brutes, as dumb as they, and more horrible in that she

had human form.

Miss Crawford, moved by Lity, performs a work of charity, Then to her He comes one who shows that she is on to "a good thing" if only she exploits it. So we see the change.

The next performance is that of Heather Sears as Esther. You can imagine how difficult is it to play the part of one who is stricken with the trinity of affliction: deaf, dumb, and blind.

Heather Scare has boen acclaimed wherever this Alm

hung been shown. Her perform ance is now History, but you cun see for yourself how worthy she is of all that is said of her, Once again Rossano Bruzzi plays the part of a cad. He it is who sees pecumiary oppertun-

Nevertheless, this Alm has some rare moments of beauty as you can see, and it's worth going to see, in the aqua tinted rain drenched green of Ireland. The horses play a wonderful part as course, the Derby is won in the last few minutes of the film. A very exelling .episode indeed.

of

The Roxy and Broadway are

the publicity has it. The duce such a film as "Ger- Alm stars Glynis Johns and valse" under the punch line, Cameron Mitchel as Mamle "Sin, Sex, and Sozzle"? It and Robert Eunson, young is morbid, sordid, and reeks Scottish Immigrants who of moral decay and reaches settled in the Wisconsin out for that perverse artis- wilderness a century ago. tic notion we find in Kents The story deals with the and Baudelaire, but with- terrible ploneer struggle this out the former's refinement young couple put up, only to

dle and leave their six analr of beauty, and the latter's children to be adopted by their romantic agony, kind-hearted neighboura. The story is claimed to be perfectly

true.

star

On

10

"Gervaise" now showing at from the Queen's is adapted

Zola's “L'Asamicir Rex Thompson, who attracted Emile favourable attention for his per-

and made into a film by Rene formance in "The King and Clement. It is a masterpiece, Ja plays the part of young Robbie tnd as a prestige picture

But at in this production. Along with without equal in town,

in him as the eldest sister is 11 the same time it demands a year-old Patty

mature audience and McCormack,

my already ¤ juvenile

opinion should lend our local censors to Institute a classifier- Broadway.

The film has merit and popular ton of films that should be appeal,

for Alma portraying shown to adult

only. nudiences children usually claim large au- The film received awards on diences here. Unsophisticated, the performance of Maria Schell of immense human interest, whose tenement ambitions are story

good matched by her ruthless deter- wholesome rination to achieve them. It is nelabbours. I entertainment with a universal a masterpiece of the foul and donk, as beautiful as moonlight appeal.

reflected in a sower,

of courage and

playing this in today, but I am stil mystified to know how the crook Jockey employed to pull the horse failed to do 60.

There was no explanation, what is the age of the pub- as unless it was cut out. However, the aid of the want with 'crature and the little folk' old Olreland gets there begorra!

Along with her Is Francols Perrier who gives a marvellous It is not every- THE film Industry is now performance.

almost 60 years old, I one's pleture, but it is the film for discriminating nudiences. A have to ask myself however perfect example of the decadent

work of art.

A wonderful film for all those who sing "The Dear Little Shamrock" on March 17, Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan, Marita Wilfred Hyde White, Hunt, and Cyril Cusack this CinemaScope and Eastinan Colour plece of blomey Together.

hold

ROM the sniff and sob

department comes this offering of R.K.O., a techni- colour version of the maga- zino feature, "The Day They Gave Babies Away." Lee and Astor are showing

Lee Astor

Tol. 72430

Tal. 67777

SHOWING TO-DAY

4 SHOWS AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

SIX KIDS ON A TRUE AND WONDERFUL ADVENTURE!

THE "ALL

MINE TO GIVE"

* GLYNÉS JOHNS - CAMEROH MITCHELL - REX THOMPSON PATTY MCCORMACK *** ERNEST TRUCK - HOME EMERSON ALAM HALK + SYLVIA FIELD-REJA SHAN

JAN REO RADIO #ICTURE" RKO-SCOPE

MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW -

LEE THEATRE

At 12.00 Noon

Bud ABBOTT

Lou COSTELLO

in

"A & C IN THE NAVY” At Reduced Prices

10 cts., 70 cu. & 31.00

ASTOR THEATRE

At 11.00 .III.

The

TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

from FOX

At 12.30 p.m. JANE POWELL in "SEVEN-BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS" CinemaScop-Color At Reduced Prices 70 eta, 51.00 $1.50

CAPITOL RITZ

BHDWING TO-DAY

AF 134, 530, 138 & 810 P.M.

ENTIRELY

NEW TEXANS OF THE ESCOR

技

AU-BABA

SHOWING TO-DAY- AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 G.9.30 P.M.

HALIMENT

ROBERT ЯYAN

and the 44 Thirvaad

FER-230SEK

The Toughest Grenade-staging

ALDO RAYA

Depict Ever to chang

Fill of Hell

HIN

NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE

SHOWING

STAR & METROPOLE: "The Monster that Challanged the World." Starring the Mon- sler, with Tim Holt and Audrey Dalton, Horror! HOOVER & LIBERTY: "Cant а "Dark Shadow," Duk Bogarde foreshadows his fatal charm that has made him Britain's number one box office. -With Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, and Kathleen Harrison, QUEEN'8: "Gervaiso,” Maria Schell in the film that made her great. Top prestize cinema for mature zudlender only.

KING'S & PRINCESS: "The Story of Esther Costello." A great film of a great book

of a great expose of charity fraud, Heather Bears, Jomar Crawford, and Rossano

LEE & ASTOR: “AU Mine to. Glyn." A sad story of the planeering

the days in Sintes Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson, and Tatty McCormack.

XOXY & BROADWAY; "The March Flare," British comedy of horses, Ireland, Irish whiskey, fairies, and an American heiress,

The

of

ALHAMBRA: "Yangtse

Bridge"

story China's proud engineering

COMING

STAR & METROPOLE:

"Spring

Reunion."

Botty Hufton in a great new role, with Dana Andrews and Jean Hagen.

and

110OVER & LIBERTY: “Lone Skar." Three stars in the Lone Star State. Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford. QUEEN'S: "The Lady Killers'' Alco Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, And Katie Johnson. Also in the satne programine, "The Red Baj- loon," a French fantasy. KING'S & PRINCESS: "The adaptation Tin Star" An from the novel that put the

fcat,

Dirk

Henry

great in Westeros. Fonda and Anthony Perkins, LEE & ASTOR: "Campbell'a Kingdom." A terrifio drama set in the Canadian Rockies. Stanley Bogarde, Baker, Michael Craig, and Karbara Murray, ROXY & BROADWAY: "Blo Murder at BL. Trinian's" A crazy story about this night- mare school, but heaps of Terry fun by the way,

Cole, and Thomas, George Joyce Grenfell.

· ALHAMBRA: The manage- meat have 'decided to coll. tinue "Yangtae Bridge" for a SLNGU,

HOOVER LIBERTY

CAUSEWAY BAYA SOKÝRIT

TO-DAY

KOWS

OVER 80848

ONLY 30.5.30, 7.30

and 9.30 p.m.

DIRK MARGARET KATHLEEN BOGARDE LOCKWOOD HARRISON CASTA

BP FLAMOR

L OLANT

NAY

WALSH DARK SHADOW

COMMENCING TO-MORROW ★

The battle of Texas

...and the battle of the sexes!

CLARK

M-G-M's

GABLE CRAWFORD

BRODÍNICK

AVA

GARDNER

Morning Show To-morrow

19.12.80 **SOMEBODY UP THERE-

Morning Show To-morrow Robert Taylor, Adn #WATERLOO BRIDGE"

ESOWY. MORNING SHOW JUDY GARLAND' in "WIZARD or Oz".. in Treknicolar.

To-Morrow Special Show

*At 19.30 pm

"ATTACK”

Special Matinee To-morrow HOOVER AT 12.00 NOON Ronald Colman Edna May Oliver "A TALE OF TWO CITIES"

: Reduced Admission:

·LIBERTY AT 12.30 P.M,

Kirk Douglas

Elsa Marshalli In “THE INDIAN FICHTER”

SHOWING QUEENS

·TO-DAY ¦

AT 2.30, 5.15, 1.20 & 9.30 P.M.

EMILE ZOLA'S

MASTERPIECE!

Gervaise

WILL HAUNT YOU-

STARRING

FOR THE REST

OF YOUR LIFE

MARIA SCHELL (M-G-M' LATEST DISCOVERY)

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 11.30 A.M.

W.8, presents

JOHN WAYNE in "HONDO"

ROXY & BROADWAY

★ FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY ★ AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

A BIG STAR TEAM IN GREAT COMEDY HIT!

PEGGY CUMMINS TERENCE MORGAN WILFRID HYDE WHITE-MARISTA HUNT

CYRIL CUSACK

The March Hare

CINEMASCOPE

in EASTMAN COLOUR

BRITISH LION FILMS

20th Century-Fox Reloase

• GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW »

THE YEAR'S BIGGEST LAUGH HIT! IT'S CRAZY!

IT'S A RIOT!

IT'S HILARIOUST

AIDART BELLENT & FELSZ COTTAA Jescent

Blue Murder at StTrinian's

TERRY-THOMAS

GEORGE COLE JOYCE GRENFELL;

ALASTAIR FIN

BRITION LIDH PILMS

A 20th Century Fox Rolasse BOOKINGS NOW OPEN!

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW

ROXY: At 11.30 a.m.

20th Century-Fox presents In CinemaScope & Color "THE MAN IN THE GREY FLANNEL SUIT"

Starring: Gregory PECK

Jasoller JONES

BROADWAY; At 11.00 a.m. M-G-M TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

At 12.30 p.m. Danny KAYE in

"ON THE RIVIERA”. In Technicolor

- At Reduced Prices -

ALHAMBRA

AIR -- DONOLTIDHEN

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURE OF OUR AGE?

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